From ec94dba4d1bcd6103d281e371763c0eb9d7475b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Li <47963215+lithomas1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:57:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] DOC: Add whatsnew for 2.1.2

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst |  2 +-
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst |  2 ++
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index 1f12859e4081e..dbc7800196007 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Version 2.1
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v2.1.2
    v2.1.1
    v2.1.0
 
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
index 18054e0b01191..d422fb1be9fdf 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
@@ -891,4 +891,4 @@ Other
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v2.0.3..v2.1.0|HEAD
+.. contributors:: v2.0.3..v2.1.0
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
index c9ab496295d85..41194eb592015 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ Other
 
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v2.1.0..v2.1.1|HEAD
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db0ebd2aa9ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+.. _whatsnew_212:
+
+What's new in 2.1.2 (October ??, 2023)
+---------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 2.1.2. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v2.1.1..v2.1.2|HEAD

From 5ec90e515d4d2ae9374b5d93ca74fa7087b3e424 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Li <47963215+lithomas1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:04:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update v2.1.2.rst

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
index db0ebd2aa9ef5..037e0785f82f3 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@ Other
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v2.1.1..v2.1.2|HEAD

From 8cd0ae5fff6263cc9f635cf829967732d0a35431 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]"
 <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:05:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
---
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
index 037e0785f82f3..2c9b10160d144 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ Other
 
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-